EJToday: Top Headlines

"Student Activists Are Pushing Back Against Big Polluters — And Winning" [9]

"South Baltimore is on a peninsula surrounded by water, highways and train tracks. It's mostly made up of residential row houses, small yards, schools, rec centers and parks."

Activism [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: NPR [17], 10/11/2023
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England’s Churches Make An Uneasy Peace With The Bats In Their Belfries [18]

"A £5m project is helping more than 100 historic churches deal with the damage caused by bat colonies".

Biodiversity [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [21]
Public [15]
Europe [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 10/11/2023
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"Pacific Coast Of Mexico Preps For A One-Two Punch From Max And Lidia" [24]

"Two named storms in less than 48 hours will slam into Mexico’s Pacific coastline early this week – one of them likely to be a strengthening hurricane – making for an unusual double-barreled threat."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
Mexico [28]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [29], 10/10/2023
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EPA Refuses To Examine Toxicity Of ‘Inactive’ Pesticide Chemicals [30]

"EPA says too many pesticide formulas exist to check all for the safety of ingredients that could harm humans, plants and wildlife".

Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Guardian [35], 10/10/2023
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Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines: Report [36]

"It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies."

Consumer [37]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NYTimes [39], 10/10/2023
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"Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change" [40]

"A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NYTimes [42], 10/10/2023
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Deadly Humid Heat Could Hit Billions, Spread As Far As US Midwest: Study [43]

"Billions of people could struggle to survive in periods of deadly, humid heat within this century as temperatures rise, particularly in some of the world's largest cities, from Delhi to Shanghai, according to research published on Monday."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [15]
International [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 10/10/2023
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"Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes" [46]

"Research showing Black and Latino residents are twice as likely to have lead service lines has added urgency to demands that the city commit to removing them within 10 years."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 10/10/2023
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"Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy" [50]

"Individual plans for the city and its neighbors include cutting building emissions, adding EV charging and solar capacity and cutting miles traveled by fossil-fueled vehicles, among other priorities."

Climate Change [25]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 10/10/2023
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‘Without Water, There Is No Life’: Drought In Brazil’s Amazon [53]

"Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
South America [56]
Source: AP [57], 10/10/2023
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"Uncontrolled Logging Puts New Sahel Reforestation Projects At Risk" [58]

"Reforestation projects to restore degraded lands in Chad and Cameroon, like the “Great Green Wall” and the “Reforestation 1400” projects, are facing increasing pressure from logging activity."

Forests [59]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
Africa [60]
Source: Mongabay [61], 10/10/2023
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"How Incarcerated People Are Helping To Restore A Fragile Ecosystem" [62]

"In prisons across Western states, incarcerated people are raising tens of thousands of plants to restore sagebrush habitat, a vanishing ecosystem home to the iconic endangered greater sage-grouse and hundreds of other species."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [25]
Forests [59]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [63], 10/10/2023
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Indigenous Peoples Day: A Day Of Celebration, Protest And Reclaiming History [64]

"From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience on Monday with ceremonies, dances and speeches."

Environmental Justice [12]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: AP [65], 10/09/2023
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"Newsom Signs First-In-The-Nation Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills" [66]

"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Saturday that would require large corporations operating in the state to disclose both their carbon footprints and their climate-related financial risks starting in 2026."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [38]
Journalism & Media [67]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
California [68]
Source: Politico [69], 10/09/2023
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Millions Of Children Displaced Due To Worsening Extreme Weather Events [70]

"Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
International [44]
Source: AP [71], 10/09/2023
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